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The cursive that became Arabic.
The Aramaic-derived script of the Nabataeans, from which the Arabic script developed.
Writes Nabataean Aramaic in the inscriptions of Petra and the surrounding region.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Its progressive ligaturing is the step from which the Arabic script's joining behaviour descends, so the connected look of Arabic writing has a traceable origin in a specific regional cursive.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Aramaic-derived letters with increasing ligaturing between them, written right to left, growing more cursive in later inscriptions.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.